Photo #: NH 106307
Commander Herbert E. Schonland, USN (left)
and
Commander Bruce McCandless, USN,
Photographed circa December 1942, after their ship, USS San Francisco (CA-38), returned to the United States from the Pacific war zone.
They were the ship's senior surviving officers when San Francisco was badly damaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 12-13 November 1942. Both were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism during and immediately following that action, in which McCandless conned the ship after her Captain and other senior officers were killed, while Schonland directed damage control efforts.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Navy History and Heritage Command.
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